Improvement in horse-rakes



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEo FREDERICK SEIDLE, OF 'MECHANICSBURGW PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEM ENT IN HORSE-RAKES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 44,344, dated September 20, 1864.

ings, making a part of this specification, in-

which- Figure l is a side sectional view of my invention taken in the line @c ac, Fig.'2; Fig. 2, a plan or top view of my invention.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin'g .parts in the two figures.

This invention relates to a new andimproved horse-rake of that class which are provided with wire teeth; and it consistsin anovel and improved manner of arranging and applying the same to the rake, whereby the construction ot' the same is much simplified and the teeth made to operate in a perfectmanner, and also be capable of being adjusted higher or lower, as may be desired.

T0 enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention, I will proceed to describe it. A

A represents an axle, which has a wheel, B, on each end of it, and a pair of thills, C, of ordinary construction, attached toit.

D is a shaft, which is parallel with the axle A, and has a series of hubs, a, placed loosely upon it, to each of which the upper end of a wire tooth, E, is attached. These teeth E may be ofthe usual curved form, and each has a spiral spring, b, bearing'upon it, said springs being attached to a bar, F, and having a tendency to keep 'the upper parts of the springs down upon said bar, as will be understood by referring to Fig. l. This bar F is above and parallel with the axle A, and the former is at tached to the latter lby joints which are composed of hooks c, fitting in eyes clin the upper surface ofthe axle. These hooks c have screwthreads cut on their shanks,.the latterpassing through the bar F, and having nuts c on their upper and lower ends.v The hooks c have their Shanks passing through the thillsC, with nuts c on their lower ends to secure the thills to the axle. The shaft D is connected to the lower end of a lever, G, which is attached to the bar F and extends upward by the side of the driver-s seat H, which is supported by an inclined bar, f, connected to cross-pieces g g ofthe thills C. The shaft D has weights I at- -tached to it tol serve as counterpoises to the teeth E, and the latter are retained or held in a working position by a stop, J, at one side of the drivers seat H, the lever G bearin g against said stop.

From the above description it will be seen that when it is necessary-to discharge the load gathered by the teeth E the drivell shoves forward the upper end of the lever G past the stop J, and thereby raises the teeth, which, in consequence of being counterpoised, work with a very little effort on the part of the driver. The teeth E may be adjusted higher or lower, as circumstances may require, by turning the nuts c. The springs b admit of an independent adjusting movement of each tooth, and it will be seen that the device is composed of but a very few parts, and therefore may be economically constructed. The axle A has clearing-teeth a* projecting from its back end, said teeth being arranged in the usual manner.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

rlhe arrangement of bar F, connected to the axle A by joints or hinges, as shown, in combination with the teeth E, fitted on the shaft D, and connected to the bar F by springs b, and the lever G, all arranged to operate substantially as and for the purpose specified.

FREDERICK SEIDLE. Witnesses: l

M. M. LIVINGSTON, HENRY MORRIS. 

